LRT3 Bandar Utama, Damansara-Johan Setia, Klang to begin construction next year with a 2020 completion date

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for KL-Klang to cost more than RM1.5bil and BRT Kota Kinabalu to cost almost RM1bil

CIVIL SERVANT, WAGES & PENSIONS

RM500 assistance to all civil servants and RM250 to government pensioners

1bil in increments for civil servants

Starting salary of civil servants set at RM1,200

Minimum pension set at RM950

RM77mil for Human Resource Development Council to improve management of foreign workers

RM250mil to train 15,000 participants under the 1Malaysia Training Scheme

100,000 houses for civil servants costing RM90k to RM300k by 2018

Minimum wages in Peninsula raised from RM900 to RM1,000 from July 2016 and from RM800 to RM920 in East Malaysia

SME

RM50mil for Kojadi

RM90mil for micro-credit loans for Chinese hawkers and petty traders

RM40mil easy credit for Chinese new villages

RM500mil for Bumiputera entrepreneurs

RM100mil for Indian entrepreneurs

RM50mil for SME Bank to help Indian entrepreneurs

RM500mil IBS promotion Fund via SME Bank for G5 and below contructors

RM35mil to MaGIC of which RM10mil for startup funds

RM30mil for young entrepreneurs

SMEs incurring expenditure on R&D up to RM50,000 can claim double tax deduction

SECURITY FORCES

RM20mil to implement the Safe City programme in 60 ‘black sites’ prone to street crime

15 new police stations and RM35mil for 500 motorcycles and patrol cars

RM523mil to set up ESSCOM military camps in Felda Sahabat

3bil for the army to procure 6 Littoral Combatant Ship, a Very Short Range Air Defence weapons system, armoured vehicles, Airborne System for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

RM160mil to build 4,000 new military quarters

INCOME TAX

Tax payers get relief increase from RM1,ooo to RM2,000 for each children under the age of 18

Tax relief for those with unemployed spouse increased from RM3,000 to RM4,000

New tax relief for those supporting unemployed parents above 60- RM1,500 for each parent

RM8,000 tax relief (up from RM6,000) for parents with children above the age of 18 studying at local or foreign higher learning institutes

Parents with disabled children above 18 pursuing higher studies to get RM8,000 tax relief (up from RM6,000), on top of existing RM6,000 tax relief for parents with disable children. (total relief is RM14,000)

Those with chargeable income of between RM600,000 and RM1mil to pay 26% tax (from 25%) and those with more than RM1mil to pay 28% (from 25%)

TOURISM

E-Visa for tourists from China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the US and Canada

RM80mil to build Tourism Academy in Kota Kinabalu, a vocational college in Sandakan and an industrial training institute in Serian

RM50mil for tourism capital venture fund

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

GST for mobile prepaid reloads will be credited directly into prepaid accounts

RM200mil SME Technology Transformation Funds with interest rate of 4%

2bil for MCMC to increase internet speed from 5 to 20 mps

RM250mil allocated for national broadcasting projects

HEALTH

8,630 drugs brands now on GST zero-rated list including cancer, heart, hypertension and diabetic medicines, double from last year

Five new hospitals to be built in Pasir Gudang, Kemaman, Pendang, Maran and Cyberjaya. Kajang Hospital to be rebuilt

RM72mil in medicine assistance, including haemodialysis, for 10,000 patients

6bil for medicine, consumables, vaccines, and reagents to all government hospitals and clinics

RM52mil to open 33 new 1Malaysia Clinics and to continue 328 others

RM260mil for building and enhancing community, health and dental clinics nationwide

SPORTS

RM145mil to prepare our national athletes for the 2017 SEA and Para ASEAN Games

RM75mil to nurture more “world class” athletes with Elite Sports Podium Development programme

RM300mil for the Orang Asli community; RM160mil for NGOs for community development, unity, welfare, health and safety projects

AGRICULTURE

RM450mil to modernise the agriculture sector for vegetable cultivation, matching and research grants for herbal products and fishing cage farming

RM180mil to upgrade drainage and irrigation for agriculture purposes

RM190mil to set up 50 farmers’ market and 150 new Agrobazaars Rakyat 1Malaysia

RM70mil for the Youth Agropreneur Development Programme and Agriculture Financing

Annual sales of turnover threshold for small farmers registered with the Flat Rate Scheme under the GST is reduced to RM50,000 from RM100,000 to allow small scale farmers to impose additional 2% on sale value

Extended tax incentives for food production till 2020 for deer rearing, cultivation of mushrooms, coconuts, seaweed and honey bees including planting animal feed such as sweet potatoes and tapioca